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Definition of Pyrexial
1. a. Of or pertaining to fever; feverish.
Definition of Pyrexial
1. Adjective. (obsolete) of, or relating to fevers; feverish ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pyrexial
1. pyrexia [adj] - See also: pyrexia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pyrexial
Literary usage of Pyrexial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1902)
"Show ng alterat on fiom swinging pyrexial elevation to approximately normal
temperature » thin 10 days after admission. For weeks before, the patient's ..."
2. A Dictionary of Psychological Medicine: Giving the Definition, Etymology and by Daniel Hack Tuke (1892)
"... pyrexial forms of sunstroke, the two latter appear to be the most important
and dangerous. In infancy heatstroke is certainly a cause of accidental ..."
3. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1890)
"... lowered the mortality from pyrexial causes, it left the dangers arising from
the intestinal lesion practically unaffected. ..."
4. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1866)
"ON THE USE OF THE THERMOMETER AS A GUIDE IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF pyrexial DISEASES.
By Dr. FW GIBSON, BA, late House-Surgeon of the Taunton and Somerset ..."
5. Manual of Diseases of the Ear: Including Those of the Nose and Throat in by Thomas Barr (1901)
"pyrexial SYMPTOMS. Increase of temperature and other symptoms of febrile disturbance
occur in most cases of acute purulent inflammation of the middle ear, ..."
6. Clinical Memoirs on the Diseases of Women: By G. Bernutz and E. Goupil by Gustave Louis Richard Bernutz, Jean Ernest Goupil, Alfred Meadows, New Sydenham Society (1866)
"... occurring in various pyrexial conditions. Their practical importance is
unfortunately somewhat restricted, for the recognition of ..."
7. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"... and is followed by a similar period of apparent convalescence, on which ensues
a pyrexial relapse, continuing about half as long as the first. ..."
8. The Lancet-clinic by Mississippi Valley Medical Association, Ohio Valley Medical Association (1908)
"pyrexial deliria are common accompaniments of the febrile movement, but the
profound intoxication which certain pneumonias present is undoubtedly the cause ..."
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